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An experience that teaches you how to be part of a team, think big, and take your ideas and run with them.

4.7 of 5 stars

Portland, OR
|
2014
| VERIFIED INTERN

Uppers

- the kind of company where young people's voices are heard and encouraged

- projects are somewhat open-ended, you can take an assignment and run with it if you have the initiative

- lots of opportunities to get to know the other interns, you never feel alone

Downers

- uncertainty for the first few weeks about whether I would be able to stay on full-time

- no help with housing

Advice to Potential Interns

This is a great experience for someone who is willing to think outside of the box, speak up in meetings, have a strong point of view, and analyze/create something truly useful for the team. If do all of those things, I guarantee there will be a ton of people rooting for you to succeed within the company. If you are the kind of person who just takes and completes assignments, you won't succeed. You need to be willing to take it to the next level and think one step ahead.

Advice to Management

The only piece of advice I would give is to have a few more LTD or entry-level openings available to high-performing, graduated interns.

Sample Interview Questions

- "Give us an example of a new account adidas NEO could partner with that would help grow our business and better reach our target consumer."

Sample Interview Questions

Would You Recommend

Intern's new research project gives new life to adidas :)

Uppers

I really enjoyed the group I worked with, and meeting the other interns. Forming those relationships will last a lifetime!

Downers

Finding housing was awful, as adidas gave no direction on where to look nor how to go about finding a place to live.

Advice to Potential Interns

It's a fantastic place to learn and experience new things that will carry over into whatever you pursue into the future. I wouldn't change this opportunity for anything else.

Advice to Management

Interns get paid very little for the amount of work put in. The level of insight and quality of intern adidas obtains is well above the pay compensation. I very well could have gotten a job working at a fast food place for more pay per hour, which is a bit disappointing.

"I swear, it's not always this much fun"

Uppers

Downers

The lack of planning before my arrival. I'm in a team that doesn't really know what to do with my skills and it took nearly two weeks to receive my first project.

Advice to Potential Interns

Apply because you want to work for adidas, not because you want an internship. adidas is held together by it's employees, if you don't support adidas then this isn't the place for you.

Advice to Management

Plan more. I'm currently sitting in my managers office because my team ran out of office space. It makes it very hard to work efficiently. Also, provide a more competitive wage. $14/hr is pretty hard to live off of while paying rent in Portland.

Sample Interview Questions

What is the one task that you can get lost in and not realize how long you've been working?

Why do you want to work for adidas?

How has adidas been a part of your life?

Would You Recommend

"This Summer I Learned I Need More Creativity in My Job"

2.9 of 5 stars

Portland, OR
|
2014
| VERIFIED INTERN

Uppers

The people were by far what made this internship. My team was really open to answering questions and making sure I was understanding everything/developing skills along the way. We had a really fun group of interns as well which made it even better outside of work.

Downers

My day-to-day activities were pretty straight forward, so I wasnt as engaged with my work as I would have liked. I really enjoyed learning about the industry, but I think I would need a role with more creativity involved in the future.

Advice to Potential Interns

You wont find a place with better people who make it a great place to work and a great time outside of work as well.

Advice to Management

Compensation could be higher given how expensive housing can be. It would also be nice to have housing organized for interns since many of us are coming from outside of Portland with little knowledge of the area, and likely dont have cars.

Sample Interview Questions

What skills do you have, relevant to this role, that set you apart from other candidates?

From your past experience, tell me of a time when you had to communicate a business problem/solution to a coworker/client?